Pages

At home in a tiny Normandie chateau whilst truffling out vintage treasures....

dimanche 23 juin 2013

Moooooooostaches!

It was one of my favourite brocantes today and last night as I went to bed the rain was lashing so hoped it would "rain itself out" by morning. At 6am this morning there was no change so I do confess that sulked, turned over and went back to sleep!At 11am curiosity got the better of me and we went for a drive just to see if anyone had been brave enough to unpack.I was so glad we did! As we arrived the rain stopped and the few brave sellers had started to unpack. My first find was a batch of wonderful 18th century hand forged hinges. I don`t find these moustache hinges very often. They are pronounced moose-tache here!!The batch has two types....The curled down coy monsieur....

......and the curled up monsieur "bon viveur" !!

Perfect for any period door projects!I shall be listing them tomorrowA la prochaine mes bellesxxxxxxxxxxx